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, 17:34, 10 September 2009I. 1. a. trans. To cause (a thing) to pass, go, or be conveyed to another person, place, or thing; to send across an intervening space; to convey, transfer. b. intr. (for refl.) To pass to the heirs. 2. fig. To convey or communicate (usually
I. 1. a. trans. To cause (a thing) to pass, go, or be conveyed to another person, place, or thing; to send across an intervening space; to convey, transfer.
b. intr. (for refl.) To pass to the heirs.
2. fig. To convey or communicate (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or heredity; to hand down.
3. Physics and Mech. To cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium; also, of a medium, to allow (light, etc.) to pass through; to conduct. Also, to convey (force or movement) from one part of a body, or of mechanism, to another. Also fig.
b. To send out electric signals or electromagnetic waves corresponding to (an image, a programme, etc.).
II. 4. Radio. The infin. used, freq. attrib., in the sense ‘transmission’; so on transmit, of a transceiver: in the state of being able to transmit radio signals, with the transmitter switched on; transmit button, switch, the button or switch used to activate the transmitter; also ellipt.
Hence transmitted ppl. a.; transmitting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; transmitting station, a building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
b. intr. (for refl.) To pass to the heirs.
2. fig. To convey or communicate (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or heredity; to hand down.
3. Physics and Mech. To cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium; also, of a medium, to allow (light, etc.) to pass through; to conduct. Also, to convey (force or movement) from one part of a body, or of mechanism, to another. Also fig.
b. To send out electric signals or electromagnetic waves corresponding to (an image, a programme, etc.).
II. 4. Radio. The infin. used, freq. attrib., in the sense ‘transmission’; so on transmit, of a transceiver: in the state of being able to transmit radio signals, with the transmitter switched on; transmit button, switch, the button or switch used to activate the transmitter; also ellipt.
Hence transmitted ppl. a.; transmitting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; transmitting station, a building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
